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• Look what thugs are doing now

  74466-53A DANGEROUS craze has hit Rodbourne Cheney. Teenage tearaways have been hurling sharpened arrows around, raising fears that someone could be seriously injured. read more

• Man cut free from wreckage after collision at crossroads

  16391/5EMERGENCY crews were called to a crash at an accident blackspot in Bradford on Avon on Monday. read more

• Alpine adventure for snowman Ian

  A SOLDIER from Bradford on Avon has competed in an army snowboarding championships in Austria. read more

• Man hunts for friends of dead father

  A FORMER Bradford on Avon man is appealing for help in tracing a couple who were friends of his late parents. read more

• Group in a plea for art centre

  A CAMPAIGN has been launched to provide a new arts venue in Bradford on Avon. read more

• Hospice helped by firm's gift

  A HOSPICE in Winsley has received some extra cash help. Dorothy House has been given a cheque for £700 from Connaught Property Services, taking the total donated by the company to over £1,000 in a year. read more

• Damage spree

  Vandals caused havoc on a building site in Luccombe Quarry, Woolley Street, Bradford on Avon, over Christmas. read more

• Mum's plea after miracle rescue

  Elizabeth Wijesena and her 18-month-old daughter RumiA MOTHER from Trowbridge has spoken of the harrowing moments when she was trapped by the Asian tsunami, not knowing if her baby was safe. read more

• Appeal fundraising gathers

  16400/2TSUNAMI IN ASIA: Warminster residents have donated over £2,000 to the Red Cross tsunami appeal in two and a half days while collections in Trowbridge raised £8,000. read more

• Praise for public's generosity

  TSUNAMI IN ASIA: A CHARITY worker from Warminster praised the goodwill of town residents after raising over £4,000 for the tsunami appeal. read more

• Man finds stolen kit in eBay sale

  16398AN engineer has recovered tools which were stolen six months ago after he spotted them for sale on an internet auction site. read more

• New home may be out of town

  TROWBRIDGE Town could be forced to move further afield in their bid to find new headquarters. read more

• House prices hit new records

  HOUSE prices across west and north Wiltshire have levelled off but homeowners in Warminster can now expect to pay more than those in traditionally more expensive towns such as Devizes and Chippenham. read more

• Cooper is called up by county

  TROWBRIDGE Town boss Neil Kirkpatrick has mixed feelings about striker Matt Cooper's call-up into the Wiltshire youth squad. read more

• Grandmother dies on holiday in The Gambia

  Virginia HargreavesA GREAT-grandmother from Warminster died while holidaying in The Gambia. read more

• Trowbridge Town 3, Tytherington Rocks 1

  DAVE Percival's double strike ended a six-match goal drought on Monday and ensured Trowbridge Town start the New Year at the top of the Hellenic League Division One West. read more

• Architect killed

  ONE of the country's top architects has died after being crushed under a tree he was felling in woods behind his home near Bradford on Avon. read more

• Rosie's honour

  16396/1A TALENTED flautist has been awarded a distinction in a Grade 8 music exam, aged just 11. read more

• Everybody is helping

  WAKE OF THE TSUNAMI: Donations to the Disasters Emergency Committee's tsunami earthquake appeal yesterday reached £100 million, the organisation said. read more

• Lofty idea from dance school teacher

  Mollie TannerWAKE OF THE TSUNAMI: AS the cash total given by ordinary people soared, a dance school founder remembered money that could be lying around in Swindon attics. read more

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